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Affordable home accessories, such as decorative pillows, frames, lighting, candlesticks and candles, are a good way to add pieces to revitalize the look already in your home. In addition, you may only need to change a few colors to get the feeling you desire.
Neutral colors are good for large ticket items like: sofas, carpet and wall colors. You should look to trendier colors, like acid green or amethyst, as accent colors.
If you stay neutral with the large ticket items it allows you to make changes more often in accent pieces like throws, pillows, area rugs, vases and candles. I like to change items in my clients' homes by seasons: Spring and Summer I use light colors, Fall can be earth tones and Winter can be calming colors. By changing throw pillows and candles, it'll make you happy to see simple changes in your home that don't cost a fortune.
Some of the colors we're seeing in the Midwest right now are:
One thing I want you to understand about the colors you pick, is that it has to be a color that makes you feel good when you look at it everyday. Colors do change our moods. So when you're picking color for your home, really think about how that color makes you feel (energized, peaceful, refreshed).
You'll go to bed a whole lot happier.
- LuAnn Ziles
Home Decorating & Design Trends in St. Louis/O'Fallon areas in 2010.
The current economy will drive us to entertain more at home. So you may already be thinking about what your house needs to "spruce it up".Affordable home accessories, such as decorative pillows, frames, lighting, candlesticks and candles, are a good way to add pieces to revitalize the look already in your home. In addition, you may only need to change a few colors to get the feeling you desire.
Neutral colors are good for large ticket items like: sofas, carpet and wall colors. You should look to trendier colors, like acid green or amethyst, as accent colors.
If you stay neutral with the large ticket items it allows you to make changes more often in accent pieces like throws, pillows, area rugs, vases and candles. I like to change items in my clients' homes by seasons: Spring and Summer I use light colors, Fall can be earth tones and Winter can be calming colors. By changing throw pillows and candles, it'll make you happy to see simple changes in your home that don't cost a fortune.
Some of the colors we're seeing in the Midwest right now are:
- Chocolate brown changing to lighter brown (like mocha).
- Blues are seen because Americans associate it with dependability and peace.
- Pink and reds are colors of cause like aids, heart disease and breast cancer.
One thing I want you to understand about the colors you pick, is that it has to be a color that makes you feel good when you look at it everyday. Colors do change our moods. So when you're picking color for your home, really think about how that color makes you feel (energized, peaceful, refreshed).
You'll go to bed a whole lot happier.
- LuAnn Ziles
How can you reach FT?
You'll still hear me on the radio and see my ads in magazines and local newspapers.
You can reach Finishing Touches and LuAnn at 636-294-9470.
You'll still hear me on the radio and see my ads in magazines and local newspapers.
You can reach Finishing Touches and LuAnn at 636-294-9470.